CBI registers cases against six Rajya Sabha MPs in LTC scam
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Friday registered cases against six serving and former Rajya Sabha Members of Parliament (MPs) for cheating and forgery in a Leave and Travel Concession (LTC) scam.
Three current sitting and three former MPs have been booked under Sections 420 and 13 (1) D of the Indian Penal Code (IPC).
The scam is said to have included a fraud of several lakhs of rupees which have been claimed through fake LTC claims by government officials to get concessional tickets.
The incident came to light after the vigilance department of Air India (AI) was alerted about the arrest of a man in March at Kolkata airport with 600 blank boarding passes of the airline.